# Curators — borrow someone's ear

1 DJ or artist, 31 selections, 303 records they reach for.

A selection is not a ranking: its order carries no claim, so do not report a
position for a pick. Every curator here was edited in by the desk, never
submitted through a form (ADR-0002).

Genres they name, in their own words: Chicago House, Detroit Techno, Disco, Dubstep, French House, Funk, Gqom, Juke and Footwork, Krautrock, Neo-Soul, UK Garage.

## Everyone

### [The Waxonia Desk](https://waxonia.com/artist/the-desk/)

The people who write the rankings on this site. We keep the lists honest, we argue about the order, and we get asked the same question more than any other: where should someone actually start. These are our answers.

We rank no records of their own.

- **On Chicago House:** 6 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-chicago-in-the-room/
- **On Chicago House:** 3 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-chicago-looped-and-filtered/
- **On Chicago House:** 3 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-chicago-on-a-machine/
- **On Detroit Techno:** 4 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-detroit-in-europe/
- **On Detroit Techno:** 4 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-detroit-techno/
- **On Disco:** 5 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-what-the-djs-kept/
- **On Dubstep:** 5 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-dubstep-goes-national/
- **On French House:** 4 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-french-house/
- **On Funk:** 5 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-accent-moved/
- **On Gqom:** 6 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-gqom-out-of-durban/
- **On Juke and Footwork:** 5 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-footwork-travels/
- **On Krautrock:** 4 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-krautrock/
- **On Neo-Soul:** 5 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-soulquarians-room/
- **On UK Garage:** 6 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-garage-on-the-mix/
- **Dancing to Bad News (a theme):** 11 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/theme/dancing-to-bad-news/
- **Miami (a theme):** 11 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/theme/miami/
- **1994 (a theme):** 12 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/theme/nineteen-ninety-four/
- **1976 (a theme):** 11 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/theme/nineteen-seventy-six/
- **Sung to Someone (a theme):** 12 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/theme/sung-to-someone/
- **A general selection:** 6 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-160/
- **A general selection:** 10 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-a-way-in/
- **Bass Weight (a theme):** 5 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/theme/the-desk-bass-weight/
- **A general selection:** 6 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-both-rooms/
- **A general selection:** 6 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-ghosts/
- **A general selection:** 6 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-one-subject/
- **Roots (a theme):** 5 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/theme/the-desk-roots/
- **A general selection:** 3 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-sounds-like-a-single/
- **A general selection:** 100 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/
- **The Eighties (a theme):** 13 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/theme/the-eighties/
- **Twice Over (a theme):** 9 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/theme/twice-over/
- **Warp (a theme):** 12 picks, unranked. https://waxonia.com/theme/warp/

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